-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- An anonymous author writes: [describes an interesting technique to avoid coerced key disclosure]
A little thought shows that such a system could be used in some applications of interest to cypherpunks. The ability to implement such a system is clearly within our grasp. Therefore, the cypherpunk CODE requires that the cypherpunks analyze, design, code and make such a system widely available according to the grand traditions established by previous cypherpunks.
Unfortunately, you seem to have received one of the early drafts of the Cypherpunk Code; they're easy to spot because a fumble-fingered editor left out a few words while recopying meeting minutes. The Revised Cypherpunk Code of 1993 states: RCC 23.110: In accordance with the grand traditions established by previous cypherpunks (RCC 10.100, et seq), any cypherpunk who suggests that "someone" or "a cypherpunk" or "the cypherpunks" must implement a new idea shall be required to code the implementation themselves, on the platform of their choice. RCC 23.120: A cypherpunk required by RCC 23.110 to code an implementation may employ the work of others as a base for their implementation. The Librarian of the Cypherpunks is authorized to lend the implementor a copy of _Applied Cryptography_ until the implementation is finished. Fans of legislative history will remember the passionate debates between the theoretical cypherpunks - who stood opposed to any coerced effort - and the practice-based cypherpunks, who argued that this re-education effort was required to build the proper [post-] revolutionary consciousness, particularly in the "why can't someone else do it for me" climate of the mid-1990's. The debate ended when Zaxxon, an outspoken critic of the remailers, insisted that all cypherpunk software be rewritten - twice - to his specifications. The Cypherpunk Assembly voted 99-0 (1 abstention) to enact the "Do It Your Own Damn Self Act" of 1993, codified as RCC 23.110-120. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.5 iQCVAgUBLkdCuX3YhjZY3fMNAQFvYAP/SH/FHSOXO+CDDikY9G3Cz9PSGhxUQTAC gMjtTaxafxA8m1MrbW0TPc6lz0HHQfm5f1rkouBhUp8HEvum1LdybbZ79FDfF8Rz 0OtQUt/2oPfVnZd28XhwKZTSPn4tFSa074xMwFJLEcP2YpJoB/U6bEbe1ACA/3+U ypHvbQDA60w= =bQ5X -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----